Town of Wallkill in talks with 4 buyers for old town hall on Rte. 211

TOWN OF WALLKILL — The Town of Wallkill is speaking to several buyers who are interested in the old town hall, after the deal with the original buyer fell through late last year.

BY NATHAN BROWN

TOWN OF WALLKILL — The Town of Wallkill is speaking to several buyers who are interested in the old town hall, after the deal with the original buyer fell through late last year.

The building on Route 211 has been vacant for more than a half-decade, since the town moved to a new place on Tower Drive. In late 2010, after a previous deal fell through, the town announced a deal with a Warwick-based developer to build a hotel there. However, after further delays in 2012, town Supervisor Dan Depew imposed an Oct. 1 deadline to close on the property which the developer didn't meet, thereby forfeiting a $50,000 deposit and the intellectual property rights to the approvals they had already gotten.

Depew said he is in talks with four buyers now. The town Planning Board has already approved a Holiday Inn Express and a Beer World store for the site, plus adding some retail space to neighboring Cosimo's Brick Oven Pizza. Two of the interested buyers, Depew said, want to go with this plan; the other two have different ideas, so they would need to go before the Planning Board with new plans.

Depew said he also spoke to one developer who wanted to put apartments there; he said he doesn't support this use, though.

"I don't think the board is interested in that," he said.

nbrown@th-record.com

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